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Mr. Altman was angry that the lone Oscar given to “MASH” went to Ring Lardner Jr., who got sole screen credit for the script. Mr. Altman openly disparaged Mr. Lardner’s work, touching off one of his many feuds. Later, when Mr. Altman seemed unable to duplicate the mix of critical and box-office success that “MASH” had achieved, he grew almost disdainful of the film.
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In typical iconoclastic form, when Altman learned he was being considered for an honorary Oscar, he resisted the idea. But those around him persuaded him to accept, arguing that the award was as much recognition for the crews and actors with whom he has worked as it was for his personal accomplishments.
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Altman's wavering fortunes have conferred on his career a sort of quixotic nobility. He contributed to his own problems, not only by his individualism and candour, but ... by the gambling streak he shared with his father, and which was not exclusively extra-curricular. He was a seasoned drinker - "I don't drink while I'm working," he said, "but I work a lot while I'm drinking" - and womaniser, although his marriage to third wife Kathryn Reed, his partner since 1958, is one of the film world's more enduring matches. She survives him, as do their sons Robert and Matthew, and his daughter Christine and sons Michael and Stephen (a noted production designer) from his two previous marriages.
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Mr. Altman teaches Design and Authoring on the World Wide Web for The Center of Electronic Art; UC Berkeley; San Francisco State University and the Photo Metro Digital Workshop. He is a professional Web designer and paid consultant.
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